As readers, many of us will identify with Vanessa Harbour’s sage words about books, reading and libraries. Safe, the sequel to Flight, is published by Firefly Press and is available now. When I was a child I spent my life with my head in a book. Living my dreams of owning a pony through all […]
Award winning author, Frances Hardinge, has written a blog for us focused on her latest novel, Unraveller. She shares some of her inspirations as well as some details sure to entice readers to this mystical story. My latest book, Unraveller, is set in an imaginary country called Raddith. At first glance Raddith seems a sensible, […]
Author Carl Honore has written a blog based around travel in line with his book, It’s the Journey not the destination. Carl suggests travelling slowly so we can appreciate the world around us. His book has 40 adventures that families can take their time with! Some of my fondest childhood memories come from travel. […]
We think our readers will thoroughly enjoy this blog from author, Donna Barba Higuera about her book, The Last Storyteller. A fascinating blend of traditional tale and science fiction. The early seeds of The Last Cuentista arrived in a writing prompt. “Take a traditional fairy tale and make it Sci-Fi.” The writing prompt of my […]
As we gear up for National Non-Fiction November, we are so thrilled to share an exciting and unique opportunity for schools to get involved with. Please read Chris Lloyd’s blog about quizzes and our fascination with them and towards the end of the blog, Chris announces the chance to get involved and win some books […]
Nicola Penfold writes books with the environment and eco-messages at their heart. In her latest, Beyond the Frozen Horizon, she needed to do some research about Svalbard and its wild surroundings. She writes about her findings for us below! Beyond the Frozen Horizon – life at the top of the world by Nicola […]
We all know how important libraries are to schools and communities. We are pleased to share details on a partnership between Peters and Simon & Schuster celebrating Libraries Week in early October. Check out the details below, shared with us, from Simon & Schuster. Check out the details below for your chance to win an […]
The Poo in the Zoo series is one that children will love reading and giggling along with. Illustrator Ada Grey shares some of her highlights in illustrating this series. Book Covers If anyone had ever told me that my future job would be drawing Poo, I would never have believed them. But here I am, […]
National Non-Fiction November 2022 Competition Our annual celebration of all things factual is only a few weeks away now! National Non-Fiction November provides a great opportunity to highlight some of the best of current non-fiction publishing and to champion and promote reading information books for pleasure. To coincide with this year’s theme of Communication, our […]
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